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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
Charged with Conspiracy.

New YoRK, March 80. Four hundred and
fifty employees in Hanan Il Sons shoe fac
tory went out on strike yesterday, and the
firm got out warrants for the arrest of the
executive committee of District Assembly 81,
who, it was alleged, ordered the strike on the
charge of conspiracy. John Gill and John
Foster, of the executive committee, were ar
rested to-day and held in $500 bail. which
was furnished. Mcdonald, Morley and
Campbell, the remaining members of the ex-
ecutive committee, say they are willing to
give themselves up
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
Preparing for ! WON Hunt.

DECATUR, ILL.,, March Heterogeneous
are being perfected TO-. grand wolf hunt in
Hickory Point township, Macon county, on
Tuesday next. Boyd Shannon and Jack
Renshaw are collecting the dogs for the chase
and large body Of citizens and farmers viii
join in the hunt. There are said 70 Ds seven
large wolves in the township. "A short time
ago several wolves were run down anG killed
in Macon township.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
a Church Blown Up BY dynamite.

FREDoNIA, Kan, March 2-The Dunk
ard church, at Buffalo. Kan, twenty miles
north of here, was blown to pieces by what Is
supposed to have been dynamite at $50 last
night. A buggy track to and from one win
dow of the church IS plainly to be seen, and
it is expected that the unknown guilty party
will soon be apprehended The cause IS nm
derstood to be bitter feeling upon the tenn
perance question.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
WONDERFUL suaeERY.


Tsndons from = Dogs Leg Transferred TO
Mans, Restoring Use OF the Limb.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, March %. The
success Of wonderful surgical operation,
performed in this city nearly year ago, has
Just been demonstrated. Seventeen years
ago Edward K Russell metawith an accident
in which the tendons in one of his legs were
severed. rendering the limb useless. The
operation consisted of the transferring of
two tendons from dog, which had been
etherized for the purpose, to Russell's limb,
where they were united with the severed
tendons in that member.
For ten rnonths after the operation Russell
was not allowed to use his leg, but within .
few days ne has been allowed to exercise it.
He has now resumed his work, and has COM
plete control of his limb, the operation hav-
ing proved to be an entire success This is
the first time that this operation has been
performed in this country, though it has
been previously attempted with only partial
success
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
she Mixed the Poison.

LIBERTY. Ind, March %. Last SATURDAY.
afternoon Mrs. John Doke, of College Corner.
this county, while laboring under mental
alteration, took teaspoonful of Rough on
Rats and ons-half ounce Of arsenic with sui
cidal intent, dying at II o'clock Saturday
night She was aged about sixty years, and
leaves 4 large family.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
Lost an Ear In . Fight,

AUGUSTA, KY, March % Richard Riley
and John Teel Jr., between whom there was
an old political feud, met on the highway
several miles south of Augusta, KY, and, as
a matter Of course, proceeded to fight ii out
During the contest Teel succeeded in knock
ing Riley down, and getting his ear between
his teeth, tore it of. The probabilities are
that there will be further and more serious
trouble
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Quotations Of the Money, stock, Producs
and Cattle Market for March 22.

New York Money ~ per cent. Exchange
steady. Government fra.
Currency SKIES 1855 bid; tours coupons. 1885,:
fonr-and-a -halfs. 1885 bid.
The stock market opened dull and without fea.
ture, and Ting the first hour prices sagged.
After II o'clock a frmer tone prevailed and prices
advanced 1s@Neper cent. for the general list, 216
for Pullman, for Buffalo, Rochester Pittsbur.s.
and l1s for Fort Worth & Denver City. BY il
O'Clock the transactions in the stock named
were small At the time of writing the market is
dull
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24
Cincinnati.
family, ss.s50

FLoUR-Fancy, Ss.75@lio; family, ss.s50
WHEAT.-No ared, IS IS o, No. 2, ss0ssc.
CORN-No. mixel, IL No , mixed 39c.
oATs-No 3 mixed, IS a2SlS.; No. : mixed.
2102y13c; No. white 3U,<a3Ic.
FORK Family, $1,000 Us; regular, sl7.so0
LARD Kettle, 7ak@1sc.
BACON-Short. clear Sides 85&MS 9Oc.
CHEESE-Prine to choice Ohio I26Af2ixc.
New YORK, Is16014c.
POULTRY Common chickens, s2.5o0a.75 per
$40; ducks, 81 $50; live turkeys 01af0c
WOOL nwashed medium clothing. 25M26c:
nne mep1n6 6,, Gige; common Bodies fleece
32c; fine merino, X and Xxx, 2Sn3Oc: burr and
cotts, 16@lsc; tub washed, sl@sSc; pulled. sOc.
HAY-No. timothy, S10.5O1 1875; No 3 10 .Oo
@l00O; mixed, 800; prairie, $7.OO07 IS; wheat.
oats and rye straw, S5.OOQ6.O0.
CATrLE-Good to choice butchers, IS les;
falr S5OO037o; common, $2.000275; stockers
and d. feeders, $s.750a5o; yearlngs and calves
HOGS Select butchers s5.75@5.so; fair 70
OBJ; eonmon, s4.7aaD5.1, j; culls, $4.OO647o
\ sHEEP-Common 70 fair, Ss.75@s.5O; good to
choice. $3.50 so; common to fair lambs a GOA
40; good TO choice. s4.75@5.5O. n y :. ~
New York.
WHEAT-No: state red, 9s1<c; No 2 red win
CORN Mixed 49Nc; May, 4S3Sc
0oA ATS7 white state. sssSe; No. 2 s41<c.
HOGS s6.9o@6 30 per 100 lbs.
SHEEP-S5 0O0b6 % per 100 lbs live wepht
COTTON-Quiet: middling upands 10 Doe. do
New Orleans, lOI4c, March, S95c; April. 10'C3:
Nay, 10 0oc, June, IO16c; July, 10.22c, August,
io'S'c; september 9.S5c; October, s6sc.
Pittsburg
CATTLE-Fair; prime S5.0005.30; fair TO
good, A.75@5 90; common, $4,000 So Re.
celptss Ia shead; shipments. 2O9 head.
HOGS-SioW; receipts, 500 head: Shipments
4,4o0 head; Philadelphias, S. 5000 80; Workers.
$4.75m5O0 P'eas
SHEEP-Fair; prime $5.1O@5SO; fair to good.
$a.5OQ 30; common, S3.O0013.5O; lambs si.OO6
6OO. Receipts 1850 head: shipments, I 600 head.
Chicago. n
CATTLE-Choice to extra shipping, 5000
q mixed, 81 0@4 90; stockers and feeders,
HOGS Fair - good, s50o0565; mixed pack.
ing. s. 06g5 10 choice heavy, S5 45Gh5 90.
SHEEP-CJaNno sz.2514.S5; lambs, asa
Toledo.
WHEAT Dull; cash 62I4c; May S2l<c
CJRN 'lisis cash, 30c Nay, 40l6o
AL Neg scted. cash, 3Oo
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-03-24

AOtcuOs
WHEAT Dnll; cash, 62l4c; May, SOLO.
i CJRN 'list cash, SOC; Nay, 40Iko.
.An Neg s.cted; cash. 3Oo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
A Distinguished Family.
Detroit Free Press.

$50 your sons are all through college,
are they?" asked Mrs. Smiley of Mrs.
Lofty.
eyes, indeed" replied Mrs. Lofty. "The
dear fellows. I am 80 proud Of them!
Each of them made his mark. Only
think of it! George won the gold medal
for being the best polo-playsr in his
class!"
''Indeedr
ooh, yes, and Harry was never beaten
once at lawn tennis during the last TIVE
years he was in college. He has ever SO
many badges and medals"
Chow gratifying to your
Indeed it is! And my son Will went
ahead of his whole class at baseball and
is regarded as the most promising first
base the college has over turned out! W
are all so proud of him! But all cur
hopers are conferred ouj our son Leo, whs
graduated two years ago. He has come
out winner in every boat race he has
rowed; and, only to think of it, We used
to fear that it was a. waste of time and
money to send him to college at ali. He
seemed SO Indifferent about a collage
education. But he has turned cut
grandly! We are so proud of all oar
boys"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
A Centipede Kills Il Tarantula.

While unpacking box of bananas this
morzing at one of the street fruit
stores, monster tarantula was brought
to light. Men who are required to handle
this fruit are very cautious with it, as it is
generally alive with poisonous creatures
which find snug berth in the banch
One Of the large clusters pauned out pref
ty well this morning, the man discovering
besides the deadly tarautula, still more
dangerous reptile-a centipede 6 inches
long.
When the two creatures were found
they were placed together in large
fruit jar to see what kind of stuff they
were made Of. Both we're gamey, and
the fun commenced immedia ely. They
rushed at each other like fighting bull
dogs and had a genuine catch catch
can sussle. Their legs flew around like
the paddles Of a windmill, first one on
top and then the other.
The tarantula would grab hold of his
foe and drag him about the jar until, ap-
parently, he was exhausted, when his
hold would be relaxed, when the centipede
would try the same tactics. Finally, how
ever the centipede evidently grew tired
of the rough-and tumble fight, when it
drew back, raised its head and made a
sudden plunge upon the tarantula. It
was fatal jump and the centipede craw-
led off to one side, victorious.
Then mouse was thrown into the jar.
The luckless little rodent had no sooner
touched the bottom than he was goner.
The ire of the centipede was evidently
aroused, and it grabbed the mouse by the
back with its claws and then took hold
with its mouth. Instantly the mouse
rolled over, dead, and the centipede pro-
coed ed to feed upon it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
CID New England Tobacco Laws.

Just how the use of tobacco was regard
ed in New England in the early days two
laws show. One was made at Harvard
soon after the four dation of the institu-
ton and read: 'tNo scholars shall take
tobacco unless permitted by the president,
with the consent of therir parents and
guardians, and on good reason first given
by physician, and then in sober and
private mannar." The other is the old
Massachusetts colony law, and prescribes
the punishment for any one "vho shall
smoke tobacco within twenty poles of any
house, or who shall take tobacco In any
inn or common vietualing house, except
in private room, so as that neither the
mister OF said house nor any other guest
shall take offense thereat."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
NOTE BY GEORGE CURTIS, ESQ.

The Ms. of this history, addressed to me
in the handwriting Of my dear brother,
Henry Curtis, whom we had given up for
dead, and bearing the Alden postmark.
reached me in safety on December 20, IS,
or a little more than two years after it left
his hands in the far center OF Africa, and
hasten to give the astonishing story it con
tains to the world. Speaking for myself
[ have read it with very mixed feeli,'--s:
for though it is a great relief to know tAat
he and Good are alive and strangely pros
porous, cannot feel but that for me and
for all their friends they might as well be
dead, since we can never hope to see them
more.
They have cut themselves off from old
England, and from their homes and their
relations forever, and perhaps, under The
circumstances, they were right and wise
to do so.
How the MS. came to me posted I have
been quite unable to discover; but I pre-
sumo, from the fact of it's beng posted at
all, that the little Frenchman, Alphonse,
accomplished his hazardous journey in
safety. [ have, however, advertised for
him. and caused various inquiries to be
made in Marseilles and elsewhere with a
View Or discovering his Whereabouts, but
SO far without the slightest success. Pos
sibly he is dead, and the packet was posted
by another hand, or possibly he is now
happily welded to his Annette, but still
fears the vengeance of the law, and prefers
to remain inc0gnito. / cannot say. have
not yet abandoned my hopes Of finding
him. but I am bound to say that they grow
fainter day by day, and one great obstacle
to my search is that nowhere in the whole
history does Mr.. Quartermain mention his
surname. He is always spoken of as al
phonse," and there are SO many Alphonses.
The letters which my brother Henry says
he is sending with the packet of manu-
script have never arrived, SO [ presume
that they are lost or destroyed.
GEORGE CURTIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
A new SERIAL.
Y " J. eHie q.

OR, -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29

sion or all foreigners from u-Vendis.
Not, indeed, that any more are ever likely
to get here, but if they do, | warn them
fairly that they will be shown the shortest
way out of the country. do not say this
from any sense of inhospitality, but be
cause am convinced of the sacred duty
that rests upon me of preserving to this,
on the whole, upright and generous-heart-
ed people the blessings OF comparative
barbarism. Where would all nv brave
army be If some enterprise rascal were
TO attack US with field-guns and Martini
Henrys? L cannot see that gunpowder,
telegraphs, steam, daily newspapers, uni
yerSal suffrage, ETC., ETC., have made man
kind one whit the happier than they used
to be, and l am certain that they have
brought many evils in their train. | have
no fancy Tor handing over this beautiful
country to be torn and fought for by spec
ulatorS, tourists, politicians and teachers,
whose voice is as the voice OF Babel. just
as those horrible creatures in the valley OF
the underground river tore and fought foI
the body of the wild swan; nor viii I en-
dow 1t with the greed, drunkenness, new
diseases, gunpoWder, and general demon
atlzatlon which chiefly mark the progress
Of civilization amongst unsophisticated
peoples. If in due course it pleaseS Pro
violence to throw Zu-VendiS open to the
world, that IS another matter; but of my
self [ will not take the responsibility, and
| may add that Good entirely approves OF
my decision. Farewell.
HENRY CURTIS.
December Is, IS.
P. 81 quite forgot to say that about
nine months ago Nyleptha (who is very
well, and, in my eyes at any rate, more
beautiful than ever) presented me with a
son and heir. He is irregular curly-haired,
blue-eyed young Engnsnman in looks, ant-,
though he is destined, if he lives, to inherit
the throne of ZuVendis, l hope l may be
able to bring him up to become what an
English gentleman should be- and gener-
ally is-which is to my mind even a proud
er and a finer thing than being born heir
apparent to the great House of the Stair
way, and, indeed, the highest rank that q
man can reach upon this earth.
HENRY CURTIS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
SQUlBS.

A man in Manitoba has sent 60 New
York; for copy of the "Boulanger March,"
He says he wants to see if he can't dis
courage the billiards.
Brother Tom says bicycle riding is
splendid exercise for the calves. Grand
ma says it may be, but she can't for the
life of her see how you would get them
to stay on.
Men who wait for luck to make them
rich are generally compelled to leave the
settling of their funeral expenses to their
relatives.
"a young lady writes to the Telegraph
to ask: when is the best time to bestoW
slippers upon young MANI The horse
editor, VINO is running the Inquiry De-
partment this week, says: 'Bestow them
upon him when he is about five years old
and ready for bed.'
A Creston lover who addressed a love-
scented letter to the object of his affec-
tions, asking the young lady TO become
his partner through life, inscribed on one
cornkr of the envelope, "sealed proposal"
The result was that he was awarded the
contract.
Solomon Isaacs-Vadder, Meester
Moses says vat you charge him for dose
two dollar paints.
Israel Isaacs-Vat did Moses pay ven
he failt last time.
Solomon-Twentyf fife cents on der dol
lar.
Irsael-Charch him eight dollars for
dose paints, Solomon.
The minister was dining with the fam
lily, and he said to Bobby with an amused
smile:
'.I'm afraid, Bobby, that you haven't
the patience of job"
No, sir" said Bobby, who was hungry,
but Oh wasn't always helped last"
The Columbus (Ga.,) Enquirer-Sun
says:l
ga Baptist minister brought suit
against the membership of his church
for the amount due him as pastor, and
was defeated. He now makes criminal
case Of it by having the parties arrested
on the charge of getting religion under
false pretence."
"Pa," said little Johnny, "teacher is
thinking of promoting me-"
"How do you know"
"From what she said today"
"And what was that"
"She said that if kept on I'd belong
to the criminal class"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
THE END.
Arizona's Old Settlement.
New York Times

1t will be news to good many people
to learn that perhaps the oldest settle
ment in the United States is to be found
in Arizona, at least that is the assertion
made in petition recently received by
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office. The place is called Tubac, and is
in Pima county. A Washington corres-
pondent of the New York Herald says
this is how this interesting bit Of History
come to be made public.
saThe Probate Judge Of the country ap-
piled at the local Land Office to have a
quarter section added to the present town
ship site ''for the reason" as stated in
the petition which is drawn by an attor-
ney, shat the above portion of land con-
tains nearly all the residence portion and
principal buildings of the town, includ-
ing the church, burying ground and
historical and other associations connect
ed with the town, the same being priced
by thesss inhabitants, the town being the
third Oldest In the United States, its his
tory running back to 1882"
The petition then goes on TO say that
by some oversight of the United States
serveyor who laid out the town the land
was thrown open to settlement, and one
Bernardo Velenzuela, an ill1terate, ignor-
ant Mexican and out spoken enemy of
our race, who has just taken out his
first papers of citizenship, filed his claim
to it.
If your honor does not intervene to
prevent patent issuing to this man.
says the petition sit will work a great
hardhip, loss and detriment to the inhabi-
tants of what we believe to be the Oldest
settlement in the United States, for when
discovered by Coronado in 1889 it contain
ed $4,000 inhabitants and was the capital
of the then Papaguera County of the
Papagos) as it has been of this territory,
it having been our first capital where
United States laws were first prom ulgst-
ed and put in force"
Statesmen Advanced in Age.
Beginning his SD year, M. Ferdinand
de Lesseps can look around, says the
London Daily News, and see but very few
men of anything like equal eminence who
are as old as be. The German Emperor
is 80, DR.. Dollinger is 88, Moltke and Ban
craft the historian ara each 81, Kossuth
is IS, and Professor Owen is 83, but it is
not easy TO extend the list. Yet it is as
tonishing to note the largo number of
living great men who have passed the
ordinary limit of human lire. OF soVer-
eigns, the Pope is II, and King William
Of the Netherlands is we'll on In his Hst
year. OF statesmen, Mr.. Gladstone is 10,
Mr.. Bright is 76, Prince Bismarck is ~,
NJ. Jules Grevy is "a, M. Leon Say and
M. Letoyer are each II; Lord Selborne is
rs and Lord Granville ~. OF generals,
MacMahon is 70, Leb@uf is IS and b.
zsine and Cialdini are each rs. Of poets,
Lord Tennyson is IS, Mr.. Browning is IS,
and DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes is 10. Of
musicians, NJ. Verdi is IS. Of engineers,
Lord Armstrong is n and Sir John Hawk
shaw is rs. OF painters, MISSIONER is
~; and finally, of showmen, Barnum is
~. Perhaps, however, NJ. Chevreui, who
is fairly started upon his one-hundree
and second year, ought not to be omit
ted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
WONDERFUL GAS WELL.

Flame One Hundred Feet High, Riyaling
the Carg, at KOkoma, Well No. 10.
Gas well No. 10, situated two and one
half miles southeast of Kokomo, was
drilled at q depth of over one hundred
feet, and fifteen feet into Trenton rock.
The well is truly a wonder, and sends a
tongue of fire into the air fully one
hundred feet in height. 1t is much
stronger than the great Schrader well
and is unsurpassed by any we'll west of
the famous Karg well, at Findlay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
Oregon Wants to Shut off Chinese ImmIgra-
ton.

CDIIIcSt
ton.
Senator Mitchell has presented me-
mortal in the senate, from the 18th legis-
lative assembly of Oregon, praying for
the modification of the treaty bstween
the United States and the Chinese en-
pire, SO as to stop and prohibit the I'M
portation and immigration of Chinese
and other Asiatic laborers altogether,
and to adopt such lawful measures az
may be necessary to rid tha country OF
those already here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29

Secretary Whitney cleared over $780,
OOC by the sale of Grassland" Washing
ton suburban property
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-29
CHAPTER xxIv.-DY THE HAND OF ANOTHER.

A year has elapsed since our most dear
friend, Allan Quartermain, wrote the
words 81 haze spoken at the end of his
record Of our adventures. Nor should
have ventured to make any additions to
that record had it not happened that by a
most strange accident chance has arisen
of its being conveyed TO England. The
chance is = faint one, Il is true. but as it is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-01

above their heads. The rings OF bright hair
hung damp and warm about their pretty
brows
"God bless them ~ mumured Philip,
He went to his couch and was shortly in
deep sumber He had not slept so soundly
for years, he recalled afterwards.
How long he had been asleep he did not
know He was suddenly awakened with an
awful horror at his throat. He only knew
something was stranglmg him, something
was being pressed steadily down upon his
mouth and nose. He threw his arms con-
vulsively upward. His hands caught hui
man FORM which glided from his grasp
With last effort he threw the thing what
ever it was, from his face. 1t was pillow.
He tried to spring to his feet but fell back,
weak and helpless He saw his wife gliding
like a spirit out of the low window that opened
on the veranda. How could he see her in the
darknessl What was that light
Flame and smoke burst in through the
door from the hallway The flame licked
the ceiling and Tapped the door. The smoke
spread through the room. He was suffocat-
ing again.
Great God His boysl His darlings!
With the last effort he could make in that
desperate moment, he staggered toward their
beds, and fell across it with open, empty arms.
The children were gonel